End wrench



Patlente'd Sept. 6, 1927. I 4 I p k UNITED starts PATENT oFFicE.

ALEXANDER mcinv,L or HONEYVILLE, UTAH.

END WRENCH. v

Application filed November 1, 192%. p Serial No. 747,294.

This invention relates to end `wrenches lar portion 6 of the wrench is aretaining and airns to provide novel means carried by member 11 which isconstructed of spring an end wrench for supporting a bolt or the steelmaterialV and secured by means of the like, so that the wrench maybeemployed as rivet 12. Thismember 11 has the end por- 6 a device forpositioning` bolts in obstructed tion thereof that overlies the`depression 9 places. 4 cut awayto provide fingers 13 connected at Animportant object of the invention is their inner ends by the straightwall 13',

to provide a device of this'character wheresaid fingers having theirouter ends bent 60 in a boltmay be readily and easily secured downwardlyas at 14; to allow the head of a 10 in position on the Wrench,eliminating the bolt to be guided into the' depressed poruse of clampingjaws or the like for clamption 9. ing` the bolt to the Wrench. 4 In theuse of the device, should it be Vde- WVith the foregoing and otherobjects in sired to position a bolt, as for instance in view which willappear as the description the securing` of a crank casing, the bolt-s 15proceeds, the invention resides in the commay be readily positionedunder the retainbination and arrangement of parts and in ng member 11,Whereby a person using the the details of construction hereinafterdewrench may reach under the crank caseand scribed and claimed, itbeing,` understood readily place the bolts in the bolt openings thatchanges in the precise embodiment of -of a crank case. 20 the inventionherein disclosed, may be made After the bolt has been positioned and itwithin the scope of whatis claimed7 Without is desired to secure the nutthereto, the departing from the spirit of the. invention. wrench 8 onVthe opposite4 end of the body Referring to the drawingz portion may beutilized for rotating the nut Figure 1 is a. side elevational view of ato properly position the same. 25 wrench equipped with a securinp,`device con- I claim structed in accordance with the invention. A Wrenchincluding a body portion, said f Figure 2 is a plan view thereof. iwrench having` a curved depressed portion,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of one curved to conform to thecurvature of the end of the wrench. head of a bolt, a retaining`membersecured 30 Referring to the drawing in detail, the to the bodyportion, said retaining member reference character 5 indicates the bodyporhaving` fingers and having a substantially tion of the wrench, whichis formed with straight wall connecting the fingers, said deangularlydisposed end portions 6 and 7 repressed portion adapted to accommodatethe spectively, which end portions are cut away head of a bolt, and saidfingers and straight as at 8 to provide Wrenches. wall adapted tocontact' with the side sur- As shown by the drawing, V the angular facesof the bolt adjacent to the head to hold end portion 6 is provided witha depressed the bolt and prevent turning` thereof. portion 9 Which iscircular in format-ion and In testimony that I claim the foregoingdesigned to accommodate the head of a bolt, as my own, I hav-e heretoafiixed my signa-v 40 the bolt in the present showing being inditure.

cated by the reference character 10.

Secured to the under surface of the angu- ALEXANDER DICKEY.

